Ejector for coin-detectors for money-controlled machines.



No. 638,967. Patented Dec. l2, I899; O. & A.. JAEGEB. EJEOTOR FOR COINDETECTORS MONEY CONTROLLED MAOHIN ES.

(Application filed May 3, 1698.)

(No Model.)

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- o'rro JAnenR AND ALEXANfiER JAEGER, or PHILADELPHIA,-

PENNSYLVANIA.

EJECTOR FOR COIN-DETECTORS FOR MONEY-CONTROLLED MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,967, dated December12, 1899.

, Application filed May 3, 1898. Serial No. 679,597. (No model.)

To all whom it maycortccrn:

Be it known that we, OTTO JAEGER and ALEXANDER JAEGER, citizens of theUnited States, residing atPhiladelphia, county of Philad elphia,andState of Pennsylvania,have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Ejectors for Coin Detectors for Money-Controlled Machines,.of whichthe fol lowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in ejectorsforcoin-detectors for automatic vending-machines, and has for its object tosimplify and improve upon the construction shown in United States patentapplication, Serial No. 668,951, filed by us on the 3d day of February,1898, and a further object of this invention is to prevent the cloggingof the guideway for the coins by inserting paper or like substanceswithin said guideway.

WVith these endsin View this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail,referrin g to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a side View of a coin-detecting mechanism having ourimproved ejector combined therewith; Fig. 2, a section at the line a: solooking in'the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3, a similar view, butshowing the ejector mechanism in the position it assumes upon theinsertion of a coin; Fig. l, a section at the line 0a 09 looking in thereversed direction of the arrows, and Fig. 5 a similar viewshowpermitting it to pass to the chute, and ejects those coins andimitations of coins or other articles which are not up to standard. Theh0rseshoe-n1agnet C, which is pivoted within this bracket so as to swingsidewise, has se cured thereto the rod D by means of the screw E; andthe ends of this rod serve as arms D and D the former projecting forwardinto guideway leading from the slot to the chute.

The swinging bar J, which carries the ma net, has attached to or formedwith its lower end a push-on": strip K, which lies just above theincline bar L, on which the coin rolls from the slot to the chute, sothat when the magnet is swung sidewise, as just set forth, this push-offstrip will pass across the surface of the incline bar L and forcetherefrom any obstruction which may have previously rested thereon.

Zis a cut-off consisting of a pivoted strip over which the magnet passeswhen it returns to its normal position from its position shown in Fig.3, and should a spurious coin be attached by attraction of the magnetand the latter be moved vertically from the position shown in Fig. 2 tothe position shown in Fig. 3 the coin which lies between the pushoutstrip and the swinging plate m will be detached from the magnet by thecut-off Z, while at the same time this coin will be pushed off of theincline L by the push-out K and the spurious coin will fall and clearthe incline. This push-ofi strip is also of sufficient width to form oneof the side walls of the guideway through which the coin passes inrolling down the incline bar, and the opposite wall is formed by theswinging plate M, which is pivoted at N and connected with the arm D bythe latter projecting through a slot formed in the oiT-set O, the plateM and striplK being normally parallel, as shown in Fig. 2 Thisarrangement permits the perfect guidance of a coin from the slot to thechute so long as the mechanism is in its normal position, but at theinsertion of each coin the lever F, as

before set forth, is forced sidewise, which causes the magnet and bar Jto also swing sidewise, as well as the plate M, and in this sidewisemovement of the push-off strip K and plate M any obstruction which maylie upon the incline bar will be readily ejected therefrom, and this isfacilitated by the fact that the plate M is so pivoted as to describe asmaller circle than the push-off strip, and thus the distance betweenthe two is increased duringthis swinging movement until they reach therelative position shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and this, as is obvious, wouldfree any obstruction which may have remained therebetween, causing it tofall to one side of the incline bar and prevent the possibility of itentering the chute or becoming an obstruction in the way of the nextsucceeding coin.

In practice it has been found that this arran gement of ejector is mosteffective in its operations and at the same time is very simple andcheap of construction and is not liable to be disarranged by use.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new anduseful is 1. In combination with a swinging magnet, a rod bent toproduce two arms of unequal length, said rod being secured to swing withthe magnet, an incline bar, a swinging plate forming one wall of aguideway, a slotted off-- set on the swinging plate in which one armoperates, a push-off plate forming the opposite wall of the guideway, abar to be carried by the magnet on which the push-01f plate is secured,and alever pivoted to the escutcheon for operating the arm, as and forthe purpose described.

2. In combination, a swinging magnet, a swinging bar secured to themagnet,,a pushoff plate attached to the bar, an inclined bar forming asupport for the coin, the push-off.

OTTO JAEGER. ALEXANDER JAEGER.

Witnesses:

AUGUST JAEGER, ADOLPH LOMPE.-

